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If you have ever used the IBM Support Portal pages to find information about IBM Integration Bus (IIB) then you are probably aware that all the information for IIB has been indexed on the WebSphere Message Broker (WMB) Support Portal pages. A previous blog article discussed and detailed reasons for doing this: IBM Integration Bus: New information in a familiar place In the 3 years since the Support Portal pages were set up to include IIB on the WMB Support Portal page,... [More]

I am really excited about a live webcast coming up on 29 March 2016 at 11:00 AM EDT. Paul Faulkner from the IBM support team for IBM Integration Bus (IIB) is going to be talking about Tools and techniques for performance testing IIB solutions. Paul has a lot of background with WebSphere Message Broker and IBM Integration Bus. Prior to joining the support team Paul worked for many years in the Lab Services and has extensive experience designing and implementing solutions with IIB. Paul is really good at presenting technical topics... [More]

Hey WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Service Integration Bus (SIB) users, have you ever had a problem with "No Messaging Engine was found" exception? As you know, Service Integration Bus technology can be complicated. So, if you have encountered a no Messaging Engine was found exception then you probably have called IBM Support for help to resolve this issue. However, did you know that it is very likely that you did not need to do that? The chances are very good that you had all the information you needed to resolve the... [More]

You might want to configure Service Integration Bus custom properties to suit your business requirements and your environment. There are 2 ways to configure the Service Integration Bus custom parameters: 1. Using admin console 2. Using the sib.properties file Note: Properties set with the administrative console take precedence over properties set in the sib.properties file. Procedure using Admin Console: In the navigation pane, click: Service integration -> Buses -> bus_name -> [Topology] Messaging engines ->... [More]

I've just built a single cell, two node three cluster IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) Advanced 8.5.5 environment, against a remote DB2 ESE 10.1.0.3 server. So I was a little startled when, after starting the Deployment Environment, the Service Integration Bus (SIbus) failed to properly start. This is what I saw in one of my Cluster Member logs: - [21/11/14 13:17:03:719 GMT] 00000073 SibMessage I [BPM.ProcessServer.Bus:MECluster.000-BPM.ProcessServer.Bus] CWSIS1593I: The messaging engine,... [More]

It is often asked how one can reference two different personal certificates within the same message flow. You may have a requirement where a message flow is hosting a webservice using a SOAPInput/HTTPInput node where the clients send requests to the message flow webservice using https (mutual auth), but this same message flow also communicates with another third party service provider using https (mutual auth). Let us take a look at a couple of commonly used scenarios. Scenario 1: A client sends a request message to a message flow... [More]

There has been a lot going on in the WebSphere Message Broker (WMB) world since the last time I wrote about the hot topics that have people talking. All this activity makes WebSphere Message Broker an exciting and busy place to be and it gives people some interesting topics to talk about. Here are a few of the major topics that people are talking about in the WMB world now. The Past and the Future of WebSphere Message Broker cross paths Two major events in the history of WebSphere Message Broker have occurred since my last blog... [More]

Updated (2/09/2017): See this new blog entry for the latest information: IBM Integration Bus and WebSphere Message Broker: Support Portal changes In June 2013 IBM Integration Bus (IIB) V9.0 was made available as the newest version of what was previously known as WebSphere Message Broker (WMB). IIB offers a lot of new and updated features. IIB not only advances the WMB product line but it also incorporates and evolves a lot of the function from WebSphere ESB. A really good place to start learning about what is new... [More]

Hey WebSphere Application Server Messaging Engine (ME) users, have you ever had a problem during startup? The whole Service Integration Bus technology can be complicated. So, if you have encountered a startup problem then you probably have called IBM Support for help getting your ME to start. However, did you know that it is very likely that you did not need to do that? The chances are very good that you had all the information you needed to resolve the problem, on your own, but perhaps you just did not know it. Maybe you knew the information... [More]